On Tuesday 3 December 2024 11:29:15 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday 2 December 2024 17:56:38 Greenwich Mean Time Michael wrote:
> > I had (another) look at the wiki. You're right, it seems to describe > > NFSv3 > > only. I don't have NFSv3 here to compare. With NFSv4 you export the > > global root directory to allow its subdirectories to be exported too - at > > least this is how I understand it works on my systems. > > ...but today I see, buried in what you might call the small print: "If the > NFS server or client support NFSv3 only, the full path to the exported > directory (e.g. /export/home or /export/data) needs to be specified when > mounting." [1] > > We could debate whether that's guidance enough. > > 1. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nfs-utils#Mounting_exports , about a page > down. Yes, but further up all the IPv4 configuration syntax still shows v3 style examples with '/export/foo' paths. I think there should be clearer disambiguation with separate examples between v3 and v4. However, isn't NFS v3 considered legacy by now?
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